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Street department reports lower salt use, sewer camera inspections and compost turnover in 2024
Summary
The Bryan street department told council it purchased 388 tons of salt ($23,760) and 10,800 gallons of brine ($799.20) in the last winter, removed 45 hazardous trees, used 2,000 gallons of emulsion for pothole patching, televised 9,151 feet of sanitary sewer, processed 365 tons of compost and recorded 46 burials at Fountain Grove Cemetery.
The street department presented its 2024 annual operations summary to the Bryan City Council on Feb. 3, reporting winter materials purchased, maintenance activity and cemetery metrics.
The department said it purchased 388 tons of salt at a cost of $23,760 and acquired 10,800 gallons of brine from ODOT for $799.20. Staff said salt usage has declined from earlier years and that brine use, weather permitting, helps reduce salt needs.
The department reported removing 45 hazardous trees in coordination with parks staff. It said crews used about 2,000 gallons of emulsion in the pothole patcher at a cost of $4,324. The sewer crew cleaned and “televised” roughly 9,151 feet (about 1.7 miles) of sanitary sewer lines using a sewer camera to inspect conditions.
At the city compost facility, staff said the facility accepted 365 tons of material and distributed approximately 490 tons of composted material to residents; staff cautioned those figures are estimates because the facility lacks a full-scale weigh station and staff rely on bucket-weight averages for some material.
The Fountain Grove Cemetery recorded 46 burials in the year and staff poured 22 concrete bases for headstones.
A council member asked whether “televised” meant running a camera through the sewer; the street superintendent confirmed: "We have a sewer camera," and described the jet-clean-then-camera inspection process.
Why it matters: These operational metrics indicate the scale of routine city maintenance and material costs; sewer televising documents infrastructure condition, compost distribution affects residents seeking mulch/soil and cemetery metrics are civic records.
